Pin-tongue and hinge-joint.



No. 825,403. j PATENTBD JULY 10, 1906. E. MOREHOUSE.

PIN TONGUE AND HINGE JOINT.

APPLICATION PILED MAB.Z7,1906.

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EUGENE W. MOREHOUSE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO B. A.BALLOU & COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A

COPARTNERSHIP.

PIN-TONGUE AND HINGE-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed March 27, 1905. serial No. 262.360.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE W. MORE- HOUSE, of Providence, county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pin- Tongues and Hinge-Joints; and I do herebydeclare the following specification, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the pin-tongue and hinge-joint of brooches andsimilar articles, and is especially designed for articles of this classin which the pin-tongue has a lateral or sidewise movement or swing withrelation to the body portion. The object of ,the invention is to producea pin-tongue and hingejoint of this character which is easily assembledand efficient in operation and one that is strong, simple, and cheap toproduce.

To these ends my invention consists in certain features of constructionto be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of my improvedpintongue. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a brooch embodying my pin-tongue andhinge-joint in open position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same inclosed position. Fig. 4is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is aside elevation of a modification.

A represents the body portion or front plate of a brooch provided withthe usual pincatch B adjacent one of itsends. At or near the oppositeend the body portion A is provided with a stud C, having an enlargedhead or shoulder c. The catch B and the stud C may be secured to thebody portion A in any desired manner, as by solder, or may be madeintegral with said body portion. The pintongue D is provided with theusual pointed end (1, and the other end is bent downward and inward andterminates in a circular portion (1, which is in a plane substantiallyparallel with the body portion of the pin-tongue, as shown in thedrawings. The circular portion d is left openat d to admit the passageof the stud C.

To unite the pin-tongue D to the body portion A, the stud O is insertedinto the circular portion d and said circular portion closed by a pairof pliers or other suitable means. The circular portion d is made ofsuch a size that when closed it will allow a swinging movement of thepin-tongue upon the stud C, the pin-tongue being held in place upon thestud O by the head 0.

When the pointed end (2 of the pin-tongue D is pressed toward the bodyportion of the brooch in entering the catch B to close the pin, a springaction will be set up in the opposite end of the pin-tongue suflicientto hold said pointed end in engagement with the catch. This springaction can be increased as desired by simply bending the circularportion (1 at an angle from the body portion of the pin-tongue.

Fig. 5 shows a modified form of stud for use in some forms of pins wherethe body portion A is curved instead of straight, in which case it isdesirable to lengthen the stud O and provide it with a shoulder a forthe circular portion (1 to rest upon in order that the pintongue D andcircular portion d will be in a horizontal plane when closed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pin-tongue for brooches and similar articles pointed at one end andbent at an an gle near its other end and terminating in a circularportion the axis of which is substantially parallel with said bentportion, substantially as described.

2. A pin-tongue for'brooches and similar articles pointed at one end andhaving the other end bent downward and back upon itself and terminatingin a circular portion the axis of which is substantially parallel withthe downward-bent portion, substantially as described.

3. In an article of the class described, the

combination with a body portion of a pin-' tongue extendingsubstantially parallel to said body portion, one end of said tongue being pointed and the other end bent substantially at right angles to saidbody portion and pivoted to said body portion so as to swingsubstantially parallel with said stud, sublatkerally vxiith recllationt3 said bodyportion, stantially as described. su stantia l as escribe 4.In an rticle of the class described, the EUGENE MOREHOUSE' 5combination, with the body portion provided. Witnesses: with a stud, ofa pin-tongue pivoted on said W. H. THURSTON, stud and provided With aportion extending i J. H. THURSTON.

